Topic: Urumqi

These folks ought to be ashamed, turning their 7 year-old into a lil hoe! SMH. . Meet tragic little Huang Doudou.. . At the tender age of just...

Insight: China's war on terror widens Xinjiang's ethnic divide

URUMQI, China (Reuters) - The filthy back alleys and packed mosques of the remote far western Chinese city of Urumqi are one of the more obscure front lines in the U.S.-backed war on terror, launched after the September 11 attacks on ...

China tightens security in restive Xinjiang

China has banned pigeon flying and tightened airport security in the run-up to an international trade fair in Xinjiang after a series of deadly attacks in the restive region, state media said Tuesday.A low-altitude no-fly zone over the provincial capital Urumqi ...

Traveler's Guide to Xinjiang, Western China

Former Traveler staffer Ashley Thompson is in western China. We emailed her to learn what she's up to.. . . Children with their goats at the Sunday...
Nearly 100 children were hurt in a stampede at a primary school in China's far-western Xinjiang region but no deaths have been reported, state media reported.The accident occurred Monday in the city of Aksu as school children were rushing outside ...

Chinese students injured in fall

An accident Monday at an elementary school in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region injured 41 children, seven severely, officials said. About 100 pupils fell on top of each other while descending stairs at a school in Aksu City, Xinhua reported ...

History

The area first came under full Chinese control in the 7th and 8th centuries, when the Chinese established the protectorate general of Beiting some 80 miles (130 km) to the east. When Muslim rebellion broke out in Xinjiang in the 1860s, Urumqi ...

The contemporary city

Since 1949 Urumqi has been developed not only as the regional capital and cultural centre of Xinjiang but also as a major industrial base. Southeast of Urumqi, in Chaiwopu, is a large windmill power station, the first of its kind in China ...
Travellers often overlook the more far-flung provinces in China, opting instead for cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong . After the Dead Sea, it is the lowest depression in the world and the hottest location in China with a highest temperature ...
Donna M. Airoldi offers advice for travelers treading into unstable areas of the world. Protests, riots, bombings--these events obviously can't...